La Strada Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJune 17, 2019
• address2023 N California Ave, Chicago 60647

Is La Strada Cafe clean?

La Strada Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 17, 2019. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at La Strada Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 17, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • Violation Codes: 2-102.14(O) Inspector Comments: OBSERVED NO SIGNED EMPLOYEES HEALTH POLICIES.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION-NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • Violation Codes: 2-501.11 Inspector Comments: OBSERVED NO CLEAN-UP POLICY PROCEDURE AND ITEMS FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEA.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION-NO CITATION ISSUED)
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • Violation Codes: 3-501.17 Inspector Comments: OBSERVED INCOMPLETE DATE MARKINGS ON TCS FOODS BEING HELD FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS INSIDE OF COOLERS.MUST PROVIDE USE BY DATES.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION -NO CITATION ISUUED
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • Violation Codes: 4-903.11 (A;B;D) Inspector Comments: MUST INVERT MULTIUSE UTENSILS ON OVERHEAD SHELVING UNIT
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • Violation Codes: 4-903.11 (A;B;D) Inspector Comments: MUST INVERT MULTIUSE UTENSILS ON OVERHEAD SHELVING UNIT
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • Violation Codes: 4-101.19 Inspector Comments: MUST APPLY A SEALANT OR PAINT RAW WOOD SHELVING UNITS IN FRONT PREP AREA
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Violation Codes: 4-601.11(C) Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN DEBRIS FROM MEAT SLICER
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • Violation Codes: 6-201.13 Inspector Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE LOOSE WALL BASE AT FRONT PREP AREA SERVICE COUNTER • Violation Codes: 6-201.16 Inspector Comments: MUST SCRAPE AND PAINT PEELING PAINT AT SERVICE COUNTER AND REAR DOOR WAY AT MOP SINK AREA
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • Violation Codes: 2-102.13 Inspector Comments: OBSERVED NO FOOD ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD MANAGERS.MUST ENROLL AND MAINTAIN

When was La Strada Cafe last inspected?

La Strada Cafe has 11 inspections on record going back to May 14, 2014.

La Strada Cafe vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 42% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 555 clean, 142 mid, 612 cooked.

Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

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How Chicago grades restaurants

Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated June 17, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.